Toy airplane projectile gun



Aug. 24 1926. 1,597,532

c. E. MENTZER TOY AIRPLANE PROJECTILE GUN Filed April 26, 1926 v LMCOE 'E. /KNTZEI? I 2 F1 smal A to be shot into the air.

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UNITED STATES.

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Application filed April as; me. Serial No. 104,039.

The principal obfect of this invention is to provide a toy pistol having a rubber band for shooting a small airplane or the like into the air.

A further object is to provide. a novel toy )which is durable, economical in manufacture and instructive to the user.

A further object is to provide a IIOYQI means for holding the rubber band on the gun and providing for its easy removal or replacement.

v A still further object is to provide a rub. her nose member on the airplane so thatthe same will not mar or damage objects it might come in contact with. .j

.These and other objects will be apparent to those skilled in theart.

My invention consists in the construction, arrangement and combination of the various parts of the device, whereby the objects contemplated are attained as hereinafter more fully; set forth, pointed out in my claims and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

' 1 is aside view of my gun fairplane mounted thereon-andready- Sections of the dethe same.

Fig. 2 is a erspective view of the toy airplane to be ot-mto the air. This view in the bottom of the plane to advantage. Fi 3 is a front. sectional .view of the com ete device and is of' ig. 1.

Fig. 4 is a top plan view ofv the end of the gun barrel; and shows the means of 'mounting the rubber band on the same.

The shell of'the gun proper comprisestwo arts and when placed together and held y suitable means forms the handle 10, the frame portion 11 and the barrel 12. In the of the barrel"12 and extendi length thereof is the lon 'tudin'a slot 13, the purpose of 'which w understood. Extending downwardly from ythe bottom end ofbarrel, as shown m Fig.

this slot 13, communicating with the same and near'the end of the barrel are the op positely arranged'notches 14'and 15. Engaging these two notches, and the lug 16 on 1 and Fig. 4, is the endless rubber band 1 The projectile to be shot into the air this gun is made .of'a single sheet of .the

with a taken on line thefull All hereinafter be s held b 1 the trigger memben.

"then rea material and bent into the form of a toy airplane as shown in Fig. 2. It may be made of any suitable material but preferably light metal or celluloid.- Its fuselage 18 is cylindrical and of a diameter some.-

what smaller than that ofthe bore of the ter forming the cy indrical portion and when inthe gun upwardly through the longitudinal slot 13 and then outwardly formmg the wings 19' and the elevator fins 20.

:barrel. This fusela e extends upward af- The incidence of the wings and elevators may be. bent and changed to cause the airplane to circle, fly stra1ght,-zoom, or barrel drawn back until the fuselage is complete- 1y, inside the barrel. By'this operation the rubber band which normally rests in the notches 14 and 15 and which was directly in airplane and was t ereby unnormally expath of the airplane as it was inserted into the barrel, caught the tail end of the panded. -In other wordsits tendency will be to contract to normal andin so doing would force the plane from'the barrel .with at rapidity. To prevent the airplane m leaving the barrel until desired, a'trig germember 21 is rovided which is mm, bl mounted on t e rivet 21. The upper end of this tri ger'is designed to engage the notch 22.,in the fuselage of the airplane. By pullingthe lowerportioxi of the trigger member toward the handle the upper portion will disengageithe notch 22' and having no..other resistance the rubber band will cone 0 hold the trig er. member alwa s in normal sition so t at the. Same wi automatica y engage the notch 22,he rubber band 23 is PIOVldBd.'

' that is necessary is to: force the airplane into the barrel until it en ages and to be V v Whent e rubber band 17 ,breaks from use .another may readily and easily attachedtothe The 1 is capable of shootmgamany tract audthrow the air lane from the bar- 1 rd and into the air.

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kinds 0 projectiles into the air, If itis dea sired the projectile may be designed in the form of like.

a dragonfly, grasshopper, or the modified forms of structure or use of mechanical equivalents which may be reasonably included within their scope.

I claim:

1. In a device of the class described, a frame, a handle member, a barrel, a longitudinal slot in said barrel and communicating with its bore, twooppositely arranged notches in said barrel and communicating with said slot, an elastic band normally resting in said notches, a projectile designed to be shot from said barrel, capable of entering said barrel and having a'portion extending through said slot.

2. In a device of the class described, a frame, a handle member, a barrel, a longitudinal slot in said barrel and communicating with its bore, two oppositely arranged notches in said barrel and communicating with said slot, an elastic band norm ally resting in said notches, a projectile designed to be shot from said barrel, and a trigger for releasing said projectile.

3. In a device of the class described, a barrel,- a longitudinal slot extending the length of the barrel and communicating with its bore, positely arranged notches in said barrel an adjacent the said slot, a lug on said barrel, and an elastic band engaging said notches and lug, for the purposes stated.

4, In a device of the class described, a barrel, a longitudinal slot extending the length of the barrel and communicating with its bore, oppositely arranged notches in said barrel and adjacent the said slot, a lug on said barrel, an endless rubber band engaging said notches and lug and a toy airplane capable of entering said barrel and stretching said rubber band.

5. In a device of the class described, a frame, a barrel secured to said frame, alongitudinal slot extending the length of the barrel and communicating with its bore, oppositely arranged notches in said barrel and adjacent the said slot, a lug on said barrel, an endless elastic band engaging said notches and lug, a toy projectile capable of enterin said barrel and stretching said elastic ban and a rubber nose secured to said projectile. 6. Ina device of the class described, a frame, a handle member, a barrel, a longitudinal slot in said barrel and communicat ing with its bore, two o'ppositely arranged said airplane, a trigger member for holding and releasing said airplane, and a rubber band for yieldingly h lding said trigger in normal position, for t e purposes stated.

CLAUDE E. MENTZER. 

